the taliban tried to kill her because she publicly defied them by promoting education for girls. kistanis, many of them outraged by the attack. cnn's reza sayah has been covering this story from the beginning. good morning, reza. >> good morning, john. when an air ambulance landed here in islamabad last night we thought there would be a possibility for malala to be air lifted out of here. i don't think a lot of people expected it to happen this weekend. it did this morning, 9:00 a.m. malala yousafzai took off from islamabad. make a quick stop in abudabi, there pakistan's ambassador to the uae briefly saw her. described her as still unconscious. this is a roughly 11, 12-hour trip. i think with that stopover in abudabi you can expect her to land in england, birmingham, england, sometime in the next two or four hours. the military was overseeing her care here while she was in pakistan. they described this as a window of opportunity to get her to this facility that specializes in treating children with severe injuries. of course, she's got damage to her skull. possible neurological d